Protect Greater Chaco : Site 4

Site 4: Lybrook Elementary School

This is one of six fracking sites in the Greater Chaco Area brought to our attention by Navajo Nation Members.

Drone surveys show Lybrook Elementary School only 1600ft from a WPX Energy fracking site. The crude oil tanks of the site can be seen from the classroom windows of the school. The elementary school was moved to this location in 2006 because it was right across the highway from a large and expanding natural gas plant and had to relocate elementary students to a safe location.

Although the WPX Energy site is established on federal land, this area of Counselor, New Mexico is referred to as 'The Checkerboard' because of the quadrants of federal land that break up tribal land. The 5 well heads are highlighted to show that these pockets of federal land are being fracked with a high concentration of fracking wells. By drilling multiple wells in one pad location fracking companies are able to quickly drain the plays of crude oil under the the Greater Chaco Area and avoid signing contracts with the native property owners that live and attend school in the area they are fracking.

Currently, WPX has rights to lease about 100,000 acres of federal, state and Navajo allottee lands in the San Juan Basin and plan to continue these abusive and threatening methods of fracking.

We need oversight on the systematically abusive fracking industry. Stop fracking!

Thank you to all that helped in the production of this video.

Love and solidarity to members of the Navajo Nation that invited us into their communities and lives. #DoodaFracking #DontFrackChaco #ProtectGreaterChaco #WaterIsLife #FrackOffChaco

In Solidarity!

The River Healers

More site information at newmexicoriverhealers.com

We also want to thank Center for Western Priorities for helping us obtain the data we needed to survey these sites. Thank you for your work!

Music by MORS 'Serpent'